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Live Thread: 912DC March on Washington (We're Having a Tea Party!)
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| Saturday, September 12, 2009
| Kristinn
Posted on 09/12/2009 4:46:48 AM PDT by kristinn
Edited on 09/12/2009 4:47:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Please post your updates from D.C. and from news reports here as well as your photos of the day.
Our Walter Reed salute to the troops last night was very well attended. Upwards of 800 people were there over the three-plus hours of the demonstration.
Photos and video taken by This Ain'tHell taken in daylight before the bulk of the crowd showed can be viewed here.
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To: bray; All
Wonderful post. CROWD CHANTING BEHIND CNN..TELL THE TRUTH!! TELL THE TRUTH!! NO MORE LIES..NO MORE LIES!! LOL..CNN IS GETTING MAD!!
GO PATRIOTS!!
961
posted on
09/12/2009 9:18:43 AM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: mylife
CNN Crowd shouts “TELL THE TRUTH”
then :GLENN BECK, GLENN BECK”
NO MORE LIES NO MORE LIES
962
posted on
09/12/2009 9:18:55 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
To: mylife
That clarification still has me LOLing. :)
963
posted on
09/12/2009 9:18:56 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: SE Mom
964
posted on
09/12/2009 9:19:03 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: TenthAmendmentChampion
Thanks for the info! I’m here in PA at school and no one is covering it right now - it’s been driving me crazy!
I’m glad Glenn will be anchoring - this will be great.
965
posted on
09/12/2009 9:19:27 AM PDT
by
indi_girl447
(Put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand)
To: RDTF
CNN babe trying to take control . . . talking about Joe Wilson.
Poor anchorwoman can’t compete with the “noise”. ;^D
To: All
967
posted on
09/12/2009 9:19:36 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: khnyny
It’s not as if the Washington Mall belonged to the people or that any other outdated notions like that actually matter in Obamaland.
968
posted on
09/12/2009 9:19:36 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("You can't kill the beast while sucking at its teat." - Claire Wolfe)
To: BJClinton
I am sitting on Penn Ave now. I was in the first wave of
marchers over an hour ago. Folks are still streaming down the
avenue. Amazing.
Got to be at least a couple of hundred thousand.
To: SE Mom
BumRushDaShow
24th annual D.C. Black Family Reunion is 9/12 - 9/13
on the National Mall... Sponsored by the National Council for Negro Women. This had been planned some time ago, before any of the teabagger nonsense.
So what happens when you have a previously planned event and then stuff a volatile set of ad hoc events into the middle of it? I suppose they will stay by the Capitol but then if the teabaggers encounter these folks all around the National Mall who don’t look like them, will they freak out? Will they brandish weapons (and risk a catastrophe, being that they will be in Chocolate City)?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6528208&mesg_id=6528208
970
posted on
09/12/2009 9:19:56 AM PDT
by
Krodg
To: Girlene
The signs are awesome. One showed pictures of Pelosi, Reid, and other Dems with the caption More Clunkers, Trade Them In.The one I particularly like says "It doesn't matter what this sign says, you'll call it racism anyway."
Link
971
posted on
09/12/2009 9:19:59 AM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(Obama, the cow patty version of Midas. Everything he says is bull, everything he touches is crap.)
To: All
Fox is calling the crowd “tens of thousands” over and over. How many are there?
972
posted on
09/12/2009 9:20:06 AM PDT
by
Bob J
("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
To: RummyChick
973
posted on
09/12/2009 9:20:23 AM PDT
by
bazbo
(God would have you vote your conscience, men would have you vote for a "winner".)
To: jcsjcm
I'm flipping all around. But CNN has a live feed: http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream2
sorry, I'm link challenged!
974
posted on
09/12/2009 9:20:39 AM PDT
by
VA40
To: PatriotGirl827
975
posted on
09/12/2009 9:20:54 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: usconservative
DeMint on FNC.
“not tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands.”
976
posted on
09/12/2009 9:21:09 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: Bob J
To: RummyChick
DeMint live on Fox now...view of crowd behind him looking up the mall is HUGE...wall to wall patriots.
978
posted on
09/12/2009 9:21:15 AM PDT
by
JrsyJack
(There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
To: penelopesire; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; Pablo Mac; April Lexington; ...
Video Tribute: AMERICA IS ME - Anthem for "We the People" by Mack Hayes - Tea Party salute
A parable
Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind.
I live in a free country. Theres nothing that the government can do to me if Ive broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.
I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.
The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen.
Sorry about that, said the President. Andrew is very hungry.
I dont appreciate
, I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. Of course, I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp.
And his brother Eric is very thirsty, said the President.
I didnt say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I dont want to seem unkind.
My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite. Erics children are also quite hungry.
With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room.
And their grandmother cant stand for long.
I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.
Their grandfather doesnt like the cold.
I wanted to shout that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table.
I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in.
The President hadnt moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.
Andrews whole family has made bad financial decisions. They havent planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a sub-prime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do.
My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.
By the way, he added, I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. Im firing you as head of your business. Ill be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. Theres a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they cant come to you for jobs groveling like beggars.
I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his Creme Brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived.
The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.
What had I done wrong?
As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his cold, empty eyes to mine, and bared his teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his overconfident hands.
You should have stopped me at the dinner roll, he said.
End of parable.
We MUST stop this down spiral! The dinner roll is already gone. We may be at the goodbye, chair stage already, or worse!
Fight on, Patriots ... there with you in spirit with much gratitude and heartfelt prayers for your great success and the TAKING BACK OF AMERICA~!
979
posted on
09/12/2009 9:21:15 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
To: maggief
CNN understatement “this controversy still far from over”
980
posted on
09/12/2009 9:21:30 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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